American Indian English: Background and Development

By Katharina Reese

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, Free University of Berlin (John-F. Kennedy Institut f r Nordamerikastudien), course: Linguistic Varieties and Language Practices in the USA, language: English, abstract: When the first Europeans came to America, there existed more than 500 different Native American and Alaska Native languages. Through the contact with the English language and Euro-American cultures, the usage of indigenous languages started to decline. But it had an influence on the way Native Americans started speaking English.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3640764579
• ISBN13: 9783640764570
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"